Associate Operations Manager- Surgery

Designation

Role Objective:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Team Leader: Leading and managing the Surgery coding team, including allocating inventory, monitoring performance, and ensuring adherence to deadlines. Quality Assurance: Performing coding audits to ensure accuracy, compliance with coding standards (e.g., ICD-10-CM and CPT), and adherence to regulatory guidelines. Training and Mentorship: Providing training, guidance, and support to team members to enhance their skills and address coding-related queries. Compliance Oversight: Ensuring coding practices meet organizational policies, payer requirements, and federal regulations. Collaboration: Working with clinical staff, billing teams, and management to resolve discrepancies, clarify documentation, and optimize reimbursement processes. Reporting: Preparing and presenting reports on team performance, productivity, and quality metrics for leadership. Process Improvement: Identifying areas for process improvement and implementing strategies to enhance efficiency and accuracy in coding workflows.

Certification & Education: Any certification from AAPC or AHIMA and Any bachelor’s degree in education

Skill Set:

• Candidate should be certified from AHIMA/AAPC (should be currently active).
• Candidate must have 1 year experience working in Surgery with EM
• 10+ years of Coding experience and 3-4 years of experience in Management role
• Excellent process knowledge and domain understanding relating to Surgery coding as per R1 standard.
• Ability to co-ordinate multiple projects and initiative simultaneously
• Self-driven, Excellent personal and interpersonal skills, active listener, and excellent communication skills
• Ability to manage day-to-day production related activities
• Ability to handle a team of 25+ coders.
• Good analytical and process improvement skills
• Ability to drive action plans and strategies.
• Adaptive and should have learning agility
• Flexible to work from office in Mid shift (1 PM to 10 PM) as required by the business.